Synbranchus marmoratus?

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Oddball and other synbranchus keepers. Quick question for you guys, I just got a very small eel. He's about 7 or 8 inches long but probably skinnier than an earthworm.

What would be a good diet?
 
Small earthworms, bits of clam, shrimp, chopped worm, brine shrimp, small sinking predator pellets, they do best on a meaty diet
 
thanks guppy. Tried some very finely chopped mussels, but no luck so far. I'll try sinking pellets and try to get hold of some live worms.
 
I had problems with mine! They bit a lot the other fish and I was keeping them with bichirs! As the synbranchus are very very cheap here, i prefere to mantain the bichirs!!
The synbranchus are very shy, but amazing!
 
really drdpc? You found them to be aggressive? Another member here shekes, and also Daniel Machado think they are not aggressive.

There seems to be conflicting opinions on whether they are just predatory, or aggressive too.
 
rumblesushi said:
really drdpc? You found them to be aggressive? Another member here shekes, and also Daniel Machado think they are not aggressive.

There seems to be conflicting opinions on whether they are just predatory, or aggressive too.
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mine are agressive, but i think it varyies with the animal within the same specie!
mine attack the other fish! but they were shy with me!
 
I did say that they weren't agressive. But I wish to revise my statement. One bit me. Even though they are supposed to have no teeth, it drew blood. I stand corrected.

I got mine at 1.5' long, and don't know what to feed a 8" one. Mine eat beaf heart.
 
I am not saying they have teeth. But they do have something sharp they can hurt you with.

Tankmates?

I got mine in a supermarket. They lived six in a 40g
until my 130g burst
Then the lungfish moved with them. Then one "died" .
In Argentina they say that garlic is a good tankmate, probably olive oil...
 
They will eat suprisingly large fish, especially at night, they have a habit of grabbing a fish and smashing it into the bottom until it dies. I am pretty sure that like other synbranhus eels they have many very small, very sharp teeth (small enough that they are hard to see even in large eels), their jaws are strong enough that an adult can "glove" an unwary finger, stripping the flest completely off the bone. They have been known to tear apart and eat dead chickens.
 
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